Seaming-machine.



No. 877,480. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1903.

. o. s. BEYBR.

SEAMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.24.1905.

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0. s. BEYER. I SEAM'I'NG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.24. 1905.

PATENTED JAN- 28, 1908.

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witnesses No. 877,480. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908. O. S. BEYER.

SEAMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILEDMAR. 24, 1905.

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PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

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wibnaooeo No. 877,480. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

0. s. BEYBR.

SBAMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. 1905.

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OTTO S. BEYER, OF EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO E. W. BLISS COMPANY.

A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

SEAMING-MACHINE No. svwiso.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lfatented Jan. 28, 1908.

I Application filed March M1905. Serial No. 251.727-

To all it may concern:

Be it known that I, Orro S. BEYER, a

citizen of the United States of America,. and a resident of East Rutherford, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in seaming-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates generally to seaming machines for joinin the ends or heads of cans to the bodies 0% the same,

and has more particular reference to the driving mechanism for operating the parts.

The object of the invention isto simplify the partsv as much'as possible and to reduce the number of driving gears and members necessary to properly effect the operation of the machine.

In machines of this character, it should be understood, that the seamer head or disk carrying the seaming members and the chuck or clamp for the work have a rotary motion one with reference to the other, and further that the seaming members should be given a movement toward and away from the work or can during a certain period of the seaming operation. In the present instance, the seamer head is rotated while the chuck or clamp for holding the work stands still. This arrangement could of course be reversed.

The work tobeacted upon will generally be round, thoughthe invention is susceptible of being modified to act on square or irregular shaped cans, and a modification showing this is depicted in the drawings and described liereinaiter.

- form a part 0 Preferably the machine is automatic throughout, an automatic feed being provided and the machine being continuously running, 'althou h this does not necessarily the broad scope of the invention. i

In carrying out the invention, the main improvement e'liected is in. dispensing with the extra shaft and gears carried by the same which are generally used in machines of this character to impart a diiierential speed to the seamer head with relation to the. seaming members. This is accomplished by mounting the transmission mechanism and driving means on a plurality of shafts, one within the other..

Another feature resides in the manner in which the Geneva stop and the means for lifting the work supporters as they successively come into upper clamp or chuck are operated from the driving means, the especial feature used being a shaft having universal joints. By this means the number of gears are also reduced and less care is necessary in centering the Geneva stop with relation to the driving means. The seaming members in themselves also embody new and useful improvements, relating especially to the adjustment of the different sizes of cans to be acted upon.

binations of parts will appear as the specification proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings these several improvements have in a suitable construction. It is obvious, however, that the particular means used to effect the various improvements may be varied without departing from the true nature and scope of the invention.

elevation of a machine embodyin my invention, shown partly in section. ig. 2 isfa front elevation of a machine with a partrof the framework broken away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view in section of the maindriving means with connections and transmission seamer head and to the seaming members. Fig' t is a detail view partly in section of-one of the work supporters and the means for raising the same. the dial carrying the work su porters and showing also the Geneva stop. or imparting motion to the same. Fig. 6 isa transverse sectional View on line 6'6 of Fig. 3. i'fFig. 7 is an enlarged view of the seamer head showing the seaming members in elevation." Fig. 8 1s a bottom plan view of the seamer'head showing also t e seaming members. .Fig. 9 is an enlarged (letailview, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing a modification 11 of Fig. 8.

, .alinement with theseaming rolls to suit the been embodied 1h the said drawingsz'Figure 1 is a side mechanism for imparting motion to the Fig. 5 is ,a plan-view of Fig.';10 is a Other features of construction and com- I Fig. 12 isa detail view, partly v in section, looking in the direction of the arrow 12 of Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a sectional detail View of arts shown in Fig. 8.

Similar ciaracters of reference indicate Corresponding parts in the different views.

1 indicates a framework of any suitable construction for properly supporting the parts.

W 2 is the seamer head and 3 the seaming members.

4 is the chuck or clamp.

5 indicates a plurality of work supporters mounted on the rotatable dial 6 in a well known manner. The framework carries a bracket 7 supporting a hollow shaft 8 provided with suitable driving means such as the hollow pulley 9 to which motion is imparted by means of the belt 10 passing over the idlers 11 and receiving its motion from the shaft 12 carrying the pulley 13. The shaft 8 is provided with suitable means, in the'present instance the cams 14 and 15, for causing the seaming members to move in and out in the usual manner. Mounted on the hollow pulley'9 is a'coneentrically disposed internal gear 16 with which meshes the eccentrically disposed external gear 17.

18 is a shaft located inside of the shaft 8 and carrying the seamer head 2. Mounted on this shaft'18 is a concentric member 19 in the present instance in the form of a disk, and means are provided whereby this disk or member 19 is driven from the eccentrically disposed external gear 17 preferably taking the form of a link 20 attached to the gear 17 and member 19 by means of the bolts or studs'21 aiid22. Located inside the shaft 18 is a spindle 23 carrying the chuck or clamp '4, the said spindle being supported in the bracket 24 of the framework.

Moving with. the pulley 9 is an upwardly extending hollow shaft 25 carrying the worm 26 meshing with the worm gear 27 mounted on the shaft 28 extending at right angles to the said shaft 25 and having at its outer end the bevel gear 29 meshing with another bevel gear 30 mounted on. the stud or shaft 31 car 1 ing the cam 32 with which the roller 33 of t e pivoted lever 34'engages. This pivoted lever engages at its other end the stem 35 which extends down through the. spindle 23 and has attached at its lower end the ,versal joints 40 and4l. the shaft 38 is mounted a cam 42 with which ejector 36. i

The rotatable dial 6 which rarrics the work supporters in the usual way is operated by means of a Geneva stop 37 mounted on the shaft 38 which receives its motion from the shaft 31 by means of the'rod 311 having uni- At the lower end of engages the roller 43 mounted on the pivoted arm 44 whose other end engages therod 45 ing members in the-present instance consist of the curling roll 48 and the finishing roll 49. The curling roll 48 is carried by bushing 50 having the bifurcated arm .51.

which engage a worm 54 carried by the socket 55 on the bushing 50.

On the end opposite to that'of the screw 56, there projects outside the socket 55 a portion of the spindle 57 on which the worm is mounted. I

' It will be understood that by this means the saiil bushing 50 and the roll 48 are locked to the spindle 52 so as to move with the same. When it is desired, however, to adjust the position of the said roll '48 so as to correspond The spindle i '52 has teeth 53 cut in said spindle with This socket 55. is provided with a screw 56 at one end WhlCl'i serves to tighten the worm 54 in position.

with different sizes of cans, the screw 56 is loosened and the portion 57 of the spindle carrying the worm 54 is turned thereby adjusting the position of the roll 48 with reference to the work to be acted upon. When thedesired adjustment has been obtained,

the screw 56 is tightened whereby the. roll 48 and bushing 50 are held locked to the said spindle 52. The said spindle 52 is turned or given a motion so as to cause the roll 48 to move toward and away from the work by any suitable means such' as theroller 58 fast on the said spindle 52 and adapted to engage withthe cam 14 on the shaft 8, and held up against the same by some suitable means as the spring 59. The finishing .roll 49 is constructed in substantially the same way and is operated from the cam 15, but is, in addition to the foregoing elements, provided with a yielding member which takes the form of a spring seated arm 60 attached with one end to the bifurcated arm 51 and extendin with its other end into the sleeve 61 carried y the socket 64 which in this instance is mounted on the spindle 70 independently ofthe bushing 65. The sleeve 61 is provided with a spring 62 which presses a ainst the said member 60 and against the bo lt 63 closing the end of the sleeve 61. This spring seated member is for the purpose of compensating for the unevenness of the can due to the longitudinal seam of the body of the-same so that when the finishing roll presses the Hammer seam home, it is enabled to recede a slight distance when passing over the longitudinal seam of the body.

As the pulley or other driving means .ro-

the shaft 28 and thence to the bevel gear 30. 7

Through the instruincntality of therod 39 having universal joints, the shaft 38 will he erases.

"thereby causing the disk h carrying I work supporters to. be intermittently Q d in a we 1 knownr'nanner thereby 'su'c "d clamp and'work'su porter.- The rotaition of'the' 'ulley 9 furtiier causes'the rotananotthej libllow shaft'S and by this means the'rotation-of the cams 14 and 15 acting re pecti'vely on the curling and finishing rolls j'tqjinove the same successively toward and j-iawa-y from the Work. Owing to/the fact that l ,theg'ear 17 isv in mesh with the gear 16, mo-

' vtion isfurther.impartedto the shaft 18 and from" thence to the seamer head 2.

arrangement of theparts is such, however, that the seamer head makes about.

r'evol'utions tov each twenty-nine revo- "the ratio lssuch that the seaming members will 'actvonce to'each complete cycle of the machine. When the seaming operation is finished, the ejector 36 will operate automat- 5 icallv in a well known manner to prevent the clung '3 In" igs. 9 and there is shown a structure whereby the same general structure may be 49 used-for the seaming of square or irregular shaped cans. In this instance the shaft 8 is provided with a pinion 89 meshing with two '-.1dlers 90, and 91 which, in turn, engage the pinions 67- and 68 mounted fast on the spindles 92. ,IAli the lower end of one of the spindies 92 there is. mounted a cam 71. Surrounding the spindle 92 is an eccentric bush- Ling 72 on which ismounted the arm 7 8 carry- 'ing" the roller 74 running in the stationary 5o cam 75 mounted on ,the chuck 4.. Pivotcd on this arm 73 is a bell crank 7 6 carrying the roll, in this instance'the curling roll, 77 at one end and connected at its other end to the rod "78 adjustably attached to the sliding block 79 carrying the roller 80 engaging with the cam 71 and rovidcd with a slot 81 into whichthe, em of the spindle 92 extends and normally tendingto hold the'roller 77 away K from the work by reason ofthe spring 82 so. .located'in said slot 81. It will be noted that the roller 74, engaging with the cam 75 is mounted eccentrically with relation to the :spindle 92. -j By this means a more steady 1 and even motion is efiected and less jarring B5 of the'parts takes place. 'lhe'roller 74 is -cessivelycausing the various work support. {to move into alinexnent with the chuck or, nip 4 and the work to be held between thev t ons of the cams .14;: and 15 whereby the v seaming-operationwill be effected pro erly.

ed can from clinging to the chuck or held up tight against the outer wall 83 of the cam 75 by means of the spring 84. The construction of the" finishing roll 85 and the. parts-carrying the same is substantially identical with the construction of the roll 77 except-that in this instance the. rod 86 connecting" with the bell crank supporting the finishing roll is provided with a yielding connection with the sliding block operated by the cam on the lower end of the spindle 92. In this instance the rod 86 is provided with a lunger- 87 acting against the spring 88. his construction is to allow the finishing rollto'recede while passing over the side seam of the body of the can. What is claimed is:

1.. In a seaming machine, the combination of a driving means, an upper and a lower hollow shaft moving with thesame, an inner shaft located within theJower hollow shaft, differentialtransmission mechanism for (lI'lV'.

ing the inner shaft from the driving means on the outer shaft, a shaft at right angles to the upper hollow shaft, and'means for driving the said shaft at right angles to the upper hollow shaft from the latter.

2. In a seaming machine, the combination with a seamerhead and a chuck, one of which has a rotary motion with relation to the other,

and seaming members mounted on the seamer head, of a hollow shaft having means forcausing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, means for driving said shaft, a shaft located within the first shaft for effecting the relative motion between the seamer head and chuck, and differential transmission mechanism between the two shafts.

3. In a seaming machine, the combination with a rotating seamer head, a stationary chuck, and seaming members mounted on the seam er head, of a hollowshaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward an'd away from the work, means for driving said shaft, a second shaft located within, the first shaft for driving the seamer head, and differential transmission mechanism between the two shafts.

4. In a seaming machine, the combination with a seamer head and a chuck, one of which has a rotary motlon with relation to the other, and seaming members mounted on the seamer head, of a. hollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, means for driving said shaft, an internal gear moving with said shaft, a second shaft located within the first shaft to efiect the relative motion between the seamer head and the chuck,'an

eccentrically dis o'sed external gear meshing I with the interna gear, a concentric member on the inner shaft, and means for driving the said concentric member from the eccentrically disposed gear.

5. in a seaming machine, the combination with a'rotating seamer head, a stationary porters,'and means for operating the same,

chuck,'and seaming members mounted on the seamer head, of a hollow shaft having means for causing the seamingmembers to move toward and away from the work, means for driving said shaft, an internal gear moving with said shaft, an eccentrically disposed external gear meshing with said internal gear, a second shaft located within the first shaft for imparting motion to the seamer head, a coneentric member on the inner shaft, and means for driving the concentric member from the eccentrically disposed gear.

6. In a seaming machine, the combination of a seamer head and a chuck,- one of which has a rotary motion with relation to the other,

' and seaming iembersmounted on the seamer head, of a hollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, a hollow pulley carried by said hollow shaft, an internal gear mounted on said hollow pulley, an eccentrically disposed external gear meshing with said internal gear, a second shaft located within the first shaft for eflectingthe relative motion between the seamer head and chuck,

' a concentric member on the second shaft,

and means for imparting the motion of the eccentric gear to the concentric member.

7. In a seamingmachine, the combination with a rotating seamer head, a stationary chuck, and seaming member's mounted on the seamer head, a hollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, a. hollow pulley moving with said shaft, an internal gear moving with said hollow pulley, an eccentrically disposed external gear meshing vith said. internal gear, a second shaft within t e first shaft for driving the seamer head,

and means for imparting the motion-of the .eccentrically disposed gear to the concentric member on the second shaft.

8. 'In a seaming mach ne, the combination with a seamer head and a chuck, one of which has arotary motion with relation to the other, and seaming members on the head, of a h; rality of shafts located one within the ot ler, means for driving! the outer shaft, differ ential ransmission mechanism between the same for causing the seaming members to move toward and awayfrom the work and for effecting the relative motion between the seamerhead and chuck, a shaftlocated at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper end of the same, means for imparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, ashaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the shaft disposedat right angles thereto, a vertical shaft at the lower end of the machine, a rod having universal joints e mnecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supd ri ven from the lower vertical shaft.

9. In a seaming machine, the combination with a rotating seamer head, a stationary chuck and seaming members on the head, of a plurality of shafts located one within the other, means for driving the outer shaft, differential transmission mechanism between the same for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work and for rotating the seamer head, a shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper end of the same, means for imparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaf t located at right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the shaft disposed at right angles thereto, a ver tieal shaft at the lower end of the machine, a rod having universal joints connecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft,-a plurality of work supporters, and means for operating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft.

10. In a seaming machine, the combination with a seamer head and a chuck, one of which has a rotary motionwith relation to the other, and seaming members mounted on the seamer head, of a hollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, means for driving said shaft, a shaft located within the first shaft. for effecting the rela-- tive motion betweenthe seamer head and chuck, differential transmission mechanism between the two shafts, a shaftlocated at right angles to the first shaft andv at the upper end of the same, means for imparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the first shaft and driven-from the shaft disposed atv right angles'thelreto,.a vertical shaft at the lower end ofthe machine, a rod havin universal joints connecting the shaft para lel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, and means for operating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft 11. in a seaming machine, the combinaangles thereto, a shaft parallel to the firstshaft and driven from the shaft disposed i at right angles thereto, a vertical shaft at) universal jointsconnecting theishaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, and means for operating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft.

12. In a seaming machine, the combina tion with a seamer head and a chuck, one of which has 'a rotary motion with relation to the other, and seaming members mounted on the seamer head, of a hollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, means for driving said shaft, an internal ear moving with said shaft, a second shaft ocated within the first shaft to effect the relative motion between the seamer head and the, chuck, an eccentrically disposed external gear meshing with the internal gear, a concentric member on the inner shaft, means for driving thesaid concentric member from the eccentrically disposed gear, a shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper end of the same, means for imparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, ashaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the shaft dis osed at i right angles thereto, a vertical sha t at the lower end 'of the machine, a rod having universal joints connecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, and means for operating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft.

13. In a seaming machine, the combina tion with a rotating seamer head, a station ary chuck, and seaming members mounted on the seamer head, of a hollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work,

-means for driving said shaft, an-internal gear moving with said shaft, an eccentrically disposed external gear meshing with said internal gear, a second shaft, located within the first shaftfor imparting motion to the seamer head, a concentric member on the inner shaft, means for driving the concentric member from the eccentrically disposed gear; a shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper end of the same, means for imparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the shaft disposed at right angles thereto, a 'vertical'shaft-at the lower end of the machine, a rod having universal joints connecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of worksupporters, and means for operatingthe same, driven from the lower vertical shaft.

'14. In a seaming machine, the combination of aseamer head and a chuck, one of the other, and seaming members mounted on hollow pulley carried by said hollow shaft, an internal gear mounted on said hollow pulley, an eccentrically disposed external gear meshing with said internal gear, a second shaft located within the first shaft for effecting the relative motion between the seamer head and chuck, a concentric member on the second shaft, means for imparting the motion of the eccentric gear to theconcentricmemher, a shaft located at right an les to the first shaft and at the upper end 0 the same, means for imparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the shaft dis osed at right angles thereto, a vertical sha t at the lower end of the machine, a rod havin universal ,joints connectingthe shaft para lel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, and

means for operatin the same, driven from the'lower vertical-s aft.

I 15. In a seaming machine, the combination with a rotating seamer head, a stationary chuck, and seamin members mounted on the seamer head, a ollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, a hollow pulley moving with said shaft, an internal gear movingv with said hollow pulley, an eccentrically disposed external gear meshing. with said internal gear, a second shaft within the first shaft for driving the seamer head, means for imparting the motion of the eccentrically disposed gearto the concentric member on the secondishaft, a shaft'located at right angles to the first shaft and at the u per end of the same, means for imparting t e motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at ri ht angles thereto, a shaftpae allel to the first shaft and driven from the shaft dis osed at right angles thereto, a vertical sha t at the lower end of the machine, a rod having universal joints connecting the shaft parallel'to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work sup,

porters, and means for operating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft.

r 16. In a seaming machine, the combination with a seamer head and a chuck, one of which has a rotary motion witlifrelation to the other, and seamingmembers on the head, of a plurality of shafts located one within the other, means for driving the outer shaft, differential transmission mechanism between the same for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work and for effecting the relative motion between the seamer head and chuck, a shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper end of the same, means for imparting t e motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the.

shaft disposed at right angles thereto, a ver tical shaft at the lower end of the machine,

a rod having universal joints connecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, means for operating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft, an ejector, and means for operating the ejeetor from the shaft parallel to the upper vertical shaft.

'Jmotion between the seamer head and-chuck, differential transmission mechanism between right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the 17. In a seaming machine, the combination with ,a rotating seamer head, a stationary chuck and seaming members on the head, of a plurality of shafts located one within the other,'means for driving the outer shaft, differential transmission mechanism between the same'for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work and for rotating the seamer head, a shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper end of the same, means for imparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the shaft disposed at right angles thereto, a ver- .tical shaft at the lower end of the machine,

a rod having universal joints connecting the shaft parallelto the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, means for operating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft, an ejector, and means for operating the ejector from the shaft parallel to the upper vertical shaft.

18. In a seaming machine, the combination with a seamer head and a chuck, one of which has a rotary motion with relation to the other, and seaming members mounted on the seamer head, of a hollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, means for driving said shaft, a shaft located within the first shaft for effecting the relative the two shafts, a shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper end of the same, means forimparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at first shaft and driven from the shaft disposed at right angles thereto, a vertical shafta t the lower end of the machine, a rod having universgll joints connecting the shaft parallel to the rst shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, means for operating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft, an ejector, and means for operating the ejector from the shaft parallel'to the up )er vertical shaft.

19. n a seaming machine, the combination with adbtating seamer head, and a-stationary chuck, and seaming members mounted on. theseamerdiead, ,of a hollow shaft having means for causing the-seaming mem' the machine, a rod having universal joints 7 connecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, means for operating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft, an ejector, and means for operating the ejector from the shaft parallel to theupper vertical shaft.

20. 'In a seaming machine, the combinera.

tion with a seamer head and. a chuck, one of which has a rotary motionwith relation to the other, and seaming members mounted on theseamer head, of a hollow shaft having means for causing the scanning members to,

move toward and awayfrom the work, means f or driving said sh aft, an internal'ge'armoving with said shaft, a second shaft located within the first shaft to efi ect the relative motion between the seamer head and the chuck, an eccentrically disposed external gear meshing with the internal gear, a concentric member on the inner shaft, means for driving the said so i concentric member from the eccentrically disposed gear, a shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper endf'of the same, means for imparting the motion fromthe said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the shaft disposed at right angles thereto, a vertical shaft at the lower end of the machine, a rod having universal joints connecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, means for operating the same, driven'from thelower vertical shaft, an. ejector, and means for operating the ejector from the shaft parallel to -the upper vertical shaft.

21, in a seaming machine, the combination with a rotating seamer head, a stationary" chuck,'and seaming members mounted on the scamer head, of a hollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, means for driving said. shaft, an internal gear moving with said shaft. an ecrentrically disposed externalgearmeshing with said IL ternal geana second shaft located within the first shalt for nnpgrting motion to the seamer l head,; a concentric member on the inner shalt, means for driving the concentric mem.

her from the eccentrlcally disposed gear,-a I

shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper end of the same, means for imparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, a shaft arallel to the first shaft and driven from t e shaft disposed at right angles thereto, a vertical shaft at the lower end of the machine, a rod having universal joints connecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, means for opcrating the same, driven from the lower vertical shaft, an ejector, and means for operating the ejector from the shaft parallel to the relative motion between the seamer head and.

chuck, a concentric member on the second shaft, means for 1m arting the motion of the eccentric gear to t e concentric member, a

' shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper end of the same, means for imparting t e motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the shaft dis osed .at right angles thereto, a vertical sha t at the lower end of the machine, a rod havinguniversal joints connecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, means for operatin the same, driven from the lower vertical sha t, an

ejector, and means for operating the ejector from the shaft parallel to the upper vertical shaftf :23. In a seaming machine, the combination with a rotating seamer head, a stationary chuck, and seaming members mounted on the seamer head, a hollow shaft having means for causing the seaming members to move toward and away from the work, a hollowpulley moving with said shaft an. internal gear moving with said hollow pulley, an. eccentrically disposed external gear meshing with said internal gear, a second jshaft within the first shaft for driving the seamer head, means for imparting the motion of the eccentrically disposed gear to the concentric member on the second shaft, a shaft located at right angles to the first shaft and at the upper. end of the same, means for imparting the motion from the said first shaft to the shaft located at right angles thereto, a shaft parallel to the first shaft and driven from the spindle, means for tightening the worm. in

shaft disposed at right an les-thereto, a ver: tical shaft at the lower end of the machine, a rod having universal .joints' connecting the shaft parallel to the first shaft with the said lower vertical shaft, a plurality of work supporters, means for operatingthe same, driven from the lower vertical shaft, an ejector, and means for operating the ejector-from the shaft parallel to the upper vertical shaft,

. 24.. In a seaming machine, thetp'ombina tion with a spindle having teeth on its surface, a bushing mounted on said spindle hav-x ing means for supporting 'the'seamer roll, a; socket on the bushing, a rotatable worm 10 cated in said socket inmesh with the teeth on the spindle, and means for tightening theworm in position. .1

25. In a seaming machine, the combina-. tion with a s indle having teeth on its surface, of a bushing having means .for supporting the seamerroll mounted on' said spindle," a socket mounted independently of the bushing on said spindle, a rotatable worm located I in said socket in mesh with the teeth on the:

position, and a yielding connection between the means for supporting the seamer roll and the socket. a l

26. In a seaming machine; the combin'a 1 tion with a spindle, of an eccentric bushin e mounted on said spindle, an arm mou nte loosely on said eccentric bushing and having 1 a roll, a cam located e'xtraneously of the spindle for engaging with said roll, a bell crank pivoted on the 'arm' mounted ontheit ioo. eccentric bushing and carryin the seamer roll, a sliding member mounte on the spin; dle and provided with a roll,.a cam mounted on the spindle for engaging with the said roll, and means connecting the sliding mem- 5 her and the bell crank. j

27. In a seaming machine, the combina- "'1 tion with. a spindle, of an eccentric bushing mounted on said spindle, an arm mounte loosely on said eccentric bushing and having c a roll, a cam located extraneously of the spindle for engaging with said roll, a bell crank pivoted on the arm mounted on the eccentric bushing-and carrying the seamer roll, a sliding member mounted on the spindle and provided with a roll, a cam mounted on the spindle for engaging with the said roll, and adjustable means connecting the slidingmember and the bell crank.

28. In a seaming machine, the combination with aspindle, of an eccentric bushingl mounted on said spindle, an arm mounte loosely on said eccentric bushing and having a roll, a cam located extraneously of the spindle for engaging with said roll, a bell crank pivoted on the arm mounted on theeccentric bushing and carrying the seamer roll, a sliding member mounted on the spindle and provided with a roll, a cam mounted on the spindle for engaging with the said roll, 130

'ing member mounted on the spindle and proand a yielding member connecting the slicl- I vided with a roll, a cammounted on the spindle for engaging with the said roll, and a yielding and ad ustable member connecting the sliding member and bell crank.

Signed at Brooklyn, N. Y. this 20th day of March 1905.

lng member and the bell crank.

29. In a seaming machine, the combination with a spindle, of an eccentric bushing mounted'on said spindle,- an arm mounted 4 loosely on said eccentric bushing and having a roll, a cam located extraneously of the spindie for engaging with said roll, a bell crank givoted on the arm mounted on the eccentric ushing and carrying the seamer roll, a slidor' ro s. BEYER.

Witnesses H. T. R VERE,

FRED. H. MGGAHIE. 

